Stop misguided efforts to develop Remington Woods in Bridgeport and Stratford, which at 422 acres is one of the largest unprotected urban open spaces in the northeast.

On 2/9/17, counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox & Friends (a news program) to encourage viewers to purchase Ivanka Trump's products. This is a clear violation of ethics and is against the law. She cannot be allowed to misuse or abuse her position as representative of the POTUS for private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity. Please join us in demanding that she be relieved of her duties as acting counselor to the president.

As a University of Washington (UW) student and/or worker, I support UW custodians and their union, WFSE Local 1488, in their struggle for respect and dignity on the job.

Mr. Trump, we, the American people, care about seeing your taxes.

Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to express racist remarks, hate speech, misogynist comments and lies. He is now continuing to lie as president elect about his fabricated "accomplishments". Twitter needs to change its policy so that the tweeting of hate speech, racist remarks and verifiable false information results in an account being immediately and permanently shut down. This would be extremely easy for Twitter to do, and it would allow them to lead the way in establishing social media as a legitimate and reliable source of information. This has to happen ASAP and this policy needs to be in place before Trump assumes the POTUS Twitter account.

Hit big business where it hurts, slow, slow your spending, big business wants to run the country purchasing politicians, just say no, with your pocket book.

America needs Congressional term limits. Members of the Senate may serve unlimited six-year terms and members of the House may serve unlimited two-year terms. The people of United States deserve to be represented by politicians that are driven by a desire to legislate for the common good of America in the limited time they are elected to serve. The need to be accountable to the American people needs to be established and maintained by an influx of new thoughts and ideas on a regular basis not old allegiances. those individuals elected to serve in the Senate should be limited to serve two six-year terms and members of the House should be limited to serve 6, two-year terms in their life.

As South Berkeley residents and other concerned members of the community, we demand that the proposed development at 2902 Adeline St include the following community benefits in order to mitigate the negative impacts of the project: 1. Minimum 40% affordable housing, including extremely-low, very-low, and low income units, and family-sized units to maintain the diversity of families who live here. 2. 5% rent proceeds dedicated to community-supporting nonprofits in South Berkeley. 3. Parking spaces for 85% of the units to reduce the impact of parking on neighborhood. 4. Four story building height in compliance with existing codes. 5. Green and safe construction standards. 6. Priority for rehousing displaced South Berkeley residents and hiring local labor.

I urge you to protect the Grand Canyon from nearby uranium mining by designating the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. Doing so will permanently protect this sacred place for generations to come and set a precedent for protecting other special places across the country from reckless threats.

Dear Mr. McMullen, I’d like to alert you to recent news that Costco, one of the largest food retailers in the U.S., just announced an update to its pollinator policy. The policy encourages its suppliers of fruits, vegetables, and garden plants to phase out the use of chlorpyrifos and neonicotinoids. The policy also encourages suppliers to limit use of non-essential chemicals, utilize eco-friendly methods of pest and disease control and incorporate Integrated Pest Management strategies and other solutions for the use of least toxic alternatives. The retailer is also "significantly expanding” its offerings of organic products, “which in turn supports pollinator health.” I was very pleased to see Costco take these steps. I urge your company to eliminate toxic pesticides, including neonicotinoids, chlorpyrifos, and glyphosate, in its supply chain. These pesticides are highly toxic and I urge your company to take these actions for the sake of my health, the health of your growers, the health of your customers and the environment. I also urge Kroger to increase USDA-certified organic food and beverages to 15 percent of overall offerings by 2025, prioritizing domestic, regional and local producers. Costco isn’t alone in taking action to restrict these toxic pesticides. The European Union recently voted to ban all outdoor uses of neonicotinoid pesticides. Canada just announced it is standing by its proposal to phase out most outdoor and agricultural uses of these pesticides. In addition, the state of Hawaii just signed a bill into law that bans all uses of chlorpyrifos. States, businesses, and national governments are taking these steps because neonicotinoids, glyphosate, and chlorpyrifos are toxic to human health and the environment. Chlorpyrifos is a toxic nerve agent pesticide proven to cause brain damage in children and known to harm the environment and wildlife. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to ban all uses of chlorpyrifos nationwide last year, but the Trump Administration reversed that decision. Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used synthetic pesticides, have been implicated as a key driver of global declines of critical pollinators and species ranging from aquatic insects to birds. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world and the World Health Organization declared glyphosate a probable human carcinogen. A report by Friends of the Earth, Swarming the Aisles II: Rating top retailers on bee-friendly and organic food, grades 25 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pesticides, organic offerings, and transparency. Of the top food retailers, 20 received an “F” for failing to have a publicly available policy to reduce or eliminate pesticide use to protect pollinators. Kroger received an “F” in this category too. Organic farms — farms that have eliminated all synthetic pesticides — have been shown to support 50 percent more pollinator species than conventional farms, while also protecting and regenerating the water, soil and other resources that we need to produce healthy food for generations to come. As the second largest food retailer in the U.S., I urge Kroger to be a leader on this issue to protect human health and the environment. I call on your company to adopt formal policies to stop selling food grown with neonicotinoids, glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and other pollinator-toxic pesticides and significantly increase its USDA organic offerings, prioritizing local, regional and domestic suppliers. Thank you,